CVE-2018-1000544

CRITICAL

rubyzip <1.2.1 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

rubyzip gem rubyzip version 1.2.1 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in Zip::File component that can result in write arbitrary files to the filesystem. This attack appear to be exploitable via If a site allows uploading of .zip files , an attacker can upload a malicious file that contains symlinks or files with absolute pathnames "../" to write arbitrary files to the filesystem..

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/issues/369
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3466
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00013.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00002.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0061
EPSS Percentile 69.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-434 CWE-59
Status published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
redhat/cloudforms 4.6
rubygems/rubyzip 0 - 1.2.2RubyGems
rubyzip_project/rubyzip < 1.2.1
Published Jun 26, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026